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Poem by George Meredith


At the Funeral


February 2, 1901

Her sacred body bear: the tenement
Of that strong soul now ranked with God's Elect
Her heart upon her people's heart she spent;
Hence is she Royalty's lodestar to direct.

The peace is hers, of whom all lands have praised
Majestic virtues ere her day unseen.
Aloft the name of Womanhood she raised,
And gave new readings to the Title, Queen. 



George Meredith


George Meredith's other poems:
  1. Empdeocles
  2. Hawarden
  3. A Later Alexandrian
  4. Modern Love. Sonnet 24. The Misery is Greater, as I Live!
  5. Modern Love. Sonnet 7. She Issues Radiant from Her Dressing-room


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